Aisha Iqbalat Bradford Royal Infirmary
Aisha Iqbal/BBCChristmas songs play softly on the radio, competing with the…

Aisha Iqbalat Bradford Royal Infirmary
Aisha Iqbal/BBCChristmas songs play softly on the radio, competing with the…


MOGADISHU, Somalia — Residents of Somalia’s capital are set to vote Thursday in a controversial local election that marks the country’s first-ever one-person, one-vote poll since 1969. Analysts say it is a major departure from clan-based…

This undated photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
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LAGOS, Nigeria — A bomb exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday night, killing five people in what police described as a likely suicide attack.
Police said that 35 people were also injured…

Five people have died after a helicopter crashed on Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Five people have died after a helicopter crashed on Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, in…

A Powerball player in Arkansas won a $1.817 billion jackpot in Wednesday’s Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game’s three-month stretch without a top-prize winner.
The winning numbers were 04, 25,…